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Functional polymorphisms of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) gene and risk for esophageal squmaous cell carcinoma.
Mutation research - 26 Apr 2009
Upadhyay Rohit, Jain Meenu, Kumar Shaleen, Ghoshal Uday Chand, Mittal Balraj
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Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) influences carcinogenesis through regulation of angiogenesis, apoptosis and cytokine expression. We aimed to evaluate association of COX-2 polymorphisms with predisposition to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), its phenotype variability and modulation of environmental risk in northern Indian population. We genotyped 174 patients with ESCC and 216 controls for COX-2 gene...
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